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Red box (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by BenDoubleU to c/2600
 

Read an article about building a Redbox either on the 2600 Usenet group or some other hack/phreak BBS probably around 1993. Went to radio shack the next day to buy the tone dialer and crystal. I messed up the solder pretty bad but it still works to this day.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_box_(phreaking)

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[–] BenDoubleU 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, definitely just a curiosity. It usually lives in the back of a junk drawer or cable box. Sometimes I'll come across it and just smile :)